Tordesillas

American  

[tawr-the-see-lyahs] / ˌtɔr ðɛˈsi ljɑs /

noun

1. a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.

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Tordesillas

To protect their respective interests, in 1494 Spain and Portugal negotiated the Treaty of Tordesillas, which drew a line through the Atlantic awarding the Americas, with the exception of Brazil, to Spain.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

In late April, Tordesillas learned that she, too, had been named a Matrix conspirator by The Manila Times.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2019

The history of colonialism has many clear milestones, including the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain, Portugal, and the Vatican that divided the world outside Europe between the two Iberian empires.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2019

As provided in the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Portuguese built a different kind of empire by continuing to send voyages southward along the African coast.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Here we found the French in some force, their main body having retired across the Duero to Tordesillas.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William